This seems to ignore the actual trends of economic inequality in America. It's easy to brush off people's problems and say, "Ah, they just need to work harder."

This seems to ignore the actual trends of economic inequality in America. It's easy to brush off people's problems and say, "Ah, they just need to work harder." But the numbers show that there actually are real issues with our society. Any theory that starts with "Millennials just need to get with the program" ignores the reality that people are largely following the program our society has prescribed — e.g. college attendance is much higher now than it was in the '60s — and yet it's not working out for a huge number of them.